Zebra Stripes All the Way

It was a 'stripey'day; I painted three zebras!Actually I had so much fun with the first one, I went to paint more.These zebras are very exciting,so different from other animals.I could play and play with the stripes endlessly.Hope you like them,too.

Donkey's Ears

11" x14"

I had n't touched my watercolors for  many, many days.What could be better for getting back into the mode -- my favorite subject- animals!With them I don't have to worry much about accuracy of color and facial features and can play around as much as I want....this makes the exercise more fun :) Also need to populate the Etsy shop for coming season.So here goes...

P.S:  This cutie has already been sold!

Line and Wash

Line and Watercolor Wash

14"x10"

Results of pastels were not very encouraging, I will have to work more on them.Meanwhile I tried another technique which is new to me.The painting above was first done in waterproof ink and then painted in light washes of watercolor.Though I still veered more towards my usual watercolor here, the colors should have been lighter..especially on the left side....I know!